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Cuban baseball players’ contributions to the U.S. major league baseball (MLB) defies explanation. The island nation’s phenomenal success in baseball starts for Cubans at an early age. In Havana, atop roofs and through chain-linked fences, a dozen spectators – half of them mothers – typically gather to watch and cheer as their young boys, mostly … Read more

Conrado Marrero, the oldest living professional baseball player, died in April 2014 in his native Cuba at age 102. RELATED: Here Are All the Cuban Baseball Players in the U.S. Hall of Fame Known as “Connie” Marrero in the U.S., the diminutive [1.65 meter, 72 kilogram] pitcher was renowned for his control and presence, in … Read more

José D. Fernández’s death in a boating accident near a rocky Miami Beach inlet on September 25, 2016 highlighted the huge impact Cuban baseball players are making in Major League Baseball (MLB). Fernández was a professional baseball pitcher who came to the U.S. from Cuba just years before his baseball career started. He played for … Read more

José D. Fernández (July 31, 1992 – September 25, 2016) died in a boating accident near a rocky Miami Beach inlet on September 25, 2016. Fernández was a professional baseball pitcher who came to the U.S. from Cuba just years before his baseball career started. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Miami … Read more

US President Barack Obama begins his historic visit to Cuba on Sunday, the first visit to the island by a sitting US president since Calvin Coolidge in 1928. So what will the Obamas be up to? Continuing his trend of Medium pieces on Cuba, US White House Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategic Communications & … Read more

By the Cuba Journal staff When it comes to sports in Cuba, baseball is king. But just what kind of impact the country’s nascent diplomatic ties with the US will mean for its baseball players and the country’s relationship with Major League Baseball has been murky: until now, according to SB Nation. And now, Major … Read more